힐후다

Middle Korean[edit]

Appears to be a derived causative of the unattested verb *힐다 (*hilta).

힐후다 (hilhwuta)

to argue, to dispute
Synonym: 입힐후다 (ip-hilhwuta)
- 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin seokbo], page 7:5:
  ᄆᆞᅀᆞᆯ해〮셔〮 다ᄉᆞᆺ〮理(리) 버ᅌᅳᆫ〮 ᄯᅡ〮히라〮世(셰)間(간)과〮 힐후〮디〮 아니〮ᄒᆞᆯ씨〮라〮
  mòzòlh-áysyé tàsós LI pèngún stáh-ìlá SYEY.KAN-kwá hìlhwútí àní-hòlssílá
  It is a land five leagues away from the town, where one does not dispute with the world
(with 숨 (swum, “breath”) as subject) to pant
(in compounds) to repeat (frequentative auxiliary)
- 굽힐후다
  kwup-hilhwuta
  to flex
- 밀힐후다
  mil-hilhwuta
  to push repeatedly
(in compounds) auxiliary of unclear meaning attached to verbs related to change of state or location
- 고티힐후다
  kwothi-hilhwuta
  to fix

Accentual class LH stem
Declarative	Connective	Infinitive	Conditional
힐후〮다〮 (hìlhwútá)	힐후〮고〮 (hìlhwúkwó)	힐후〮어〮 (hìlhwúé)	힐후〮면〮 (hìlhwúmyén)

연규동 (Yeon Gyu-dong) (2005) “'힐후다' 의미 연구 [hilhuda uimi yeon'gu, A study on the semantics of hilhwuta]”, in Han'gugeo uimihak, volume 18, pages 49—71